Geromura touertensis

Geromura touertensis, figs. 8-10.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Ophiacanthidae
Genus: †Geromura
Species: Geromura touertensis

Name

Geromura touertensis Thuy, 2013

ZooBank: 83E97048-1F4F-447A-927A-EA58AE3B4973

Fossil range: Middle Jurassic; Bajocian.

Holotype: GZG.INV.78571.

Type locality: Le Touert near Chaudon, France; marl bed at the Bajocian-Bathonian boundary, Middle Jurassic.

Paratypes: GZG.INV.78572 and GZG.INV.78573.

Etymology: named after its type locality, Le Touert.

References

• Thuy, T. 2013. Temporary expansion to shelf depths rather than an onshore-offshore trend: the shallow-water rise and demise of the modern deep-sea brittle star family Ophiacanthidae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 48: 1–242. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.48 Reference page.  [see pages 74-75, original description]

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Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Geromura touertensis Thuy, 2013 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745245 on 2020-06-21

• BHL bibliography
• Geromura touertensis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Geromura touertensis.
• ION

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